Lunchtime Combo

We had sandwiches and leftover chowder for dinner last night. I intended to make carrot soup, but an errand took longer than I expected and when we came home we had received a giant package in the mail. Loaded with somewhere around a million packing peanuts. Which promptly exploded all over the house. (I don't have to say why they ended up everywhere, do I? My 2-year-old has a politician's grasp of the passive voice, I tell you: "The peanuts were tossed everywhere!")

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I don't know what I can say, they were sandwiches. Ham, Swiss and lettuce layered on sprouted-grain bread (which just feels like heavy-duty fiber food in your mouth; I don't think I'll buy it again) with mustard. I had picked out all the salmon from the chowder when we ate it a couple days ago, so it was just a nice little cup of potato-corn chowder. Chocolate chip cookies for dessert. If we had milk instead of iced tea it would've been a perfect little school day sack lunch. (The tea was herbal mint, made from Celestial Seasonings' Mint Magic teabags, then chilled, which is my new favorite hot-weather drink.)

I like all the different bread options for sandwiches. You could us a tortilla and make a wrap, stuff it in a pita or pile it onto Texas toast, like these sandwiches do: